Authors : William Alejandro Orjuela-Garzon and Santiago Quintero-Ramirez
Abstract: The transfer of technologies in the productive chains of the agricultural sector plays a key role in achieving optimal levels of productivity and competitiveness in local, regional and international markets. The developments in the Internet of Things (IoT) have contributed to better management of soil, nutrients, water, pests and to implement methods of collection, storage, transformation and transport of agricultural products to the market. However, the existence of technology by itself does not guarantee its impact on the productivity or competitiveness of a sector, a region or a country which shows a gap between the development of this type of technology and the capacity of adoption by the agricultural producers. The transfer of technology is a process that involves agents interacting in a network under an institutional infrastructure such as generation, diffusion and use of technology. It can also be the economic, legal, cultural and social factors that affect the decision to adopt it or not a technology. The purpose of this review is to provide elements for the understanding of the technology transfer processes in productive chains from an approach based on behavioral patterns. These patterns emerge in a dynamic network of agents involved in technological innovation systems. The results of this study could potentially boost the design of strategies in science, technology and innovation policies at a national level.
William Alejandro Orjuela-Garzon and Santiago Quintero-Ramirez, 2020. Behavioral Patterns of Agents in the Transfer Processes of (Internet of Things) IoT Technologies in Agricultural Production Chains. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 15: 1728-1736.